BaseEdit.IsReadOnly Property

Gets or sets whether the editor’s value can be changed by users. This is a dependency property.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Editors

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Core.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.Core

Declaration

C#

public bool IsReadOnly { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property IsReadOnly As Boolean

Property Value

Type	Description
Boolean	true if a user cannot modify the editor’s value; otherwise, false.

Remarks

In the following themes, read-only editors are visually emphasized:

• Office 2019 (Colorful, DarkGray, White, Black, High Contrast)
• Visual Studio 2019 (VS2019Blue, VS2019Dark, VS2019Light)
• Visual Studio 2017 (VS2017Blue, VS2017Dark, VS2017Light)
• Office 2016 SE Themes (Colorful, DarkGray, White, Black)
• Windows 10 Dark, Windows 10 Light
• Windows 11 Light

Note

When an editor is embedded in a GridControl (as a CellTemplate), the editor is not visually emphasized.

Related GitHub Examples

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XAML

wpf-lookupedit-process-new-values/CS/HowToCreateLookUpEdit/UserControl1.xaml#L16

<TextBlock VerticalAlignment="Center" Text="Product Name:" Margin="0,0,4,0"/>
<dxe:TextEdit VerticalAlignment="Center" IsReadOnly="True"
                  EditValue="{Binding Path=ProductName, Mode=OneWay}"/>

wpf-data-grid-disable-rows-based-on-their-values/CS/WpfApplication/MainWindow.xaml#L18

    <dxe:TextEdit Name="PART_Editor"
                  IsReadOnly="{Binding Path=RowData.Row.AllowEdit, Converter={dxmvvm:BooleanNegationConverter}}"/>
</DataTemplate>

wpf-synchronous-theme-preload-with-splashscreen/CS/ThemePreloadwithSplashscreen/ComplexWindow.xaml#L50

<dxlc:LayoutItem AddColonToLabel="True" Label="Full Name">
    <dxe:TextEdit EditValue="{Binding Path=FullName, Mode=OneWay}" IsReadOnly="True" />
</dxlc:LayoutItem>

mvvm-application-with-wpf-bars/CS/Bars_in_MVVM_Application/MainWindow.xaml#L79

<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
    <dxe:ComboBoxEdit ShowBorder="False" IsReadOnly="True" IsTextEditable="False" Margin="2,0"
                      AllowDefaultButton="False" EditValue="{Binding Tags}"